2023 HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE | ELI CRAMER
Eli Cramer was a key contributors to Milligan’s 2021 NAIA men’s cross country national championship team, the first NAIA team national title in Milligan University history. He earned cross country All-America honors as a freshman (27th) and sophomore (20th).
Cramer died on March 31, 2022 after he and two other teammates were struck by a car while preparing for a track meet the following day. He was a two-time All-AAC First Team finisher in cross country and a three-time national qualifier in indoor and outdoor track.
The 2021-22 academic year saw Cramer break school records in cross country and track. He set Milligan's cross country 8k standard of 24:17 at the Queen City Invitational in Charlotte. He and several of his teammates ran even faster times the following week. At the 2021-22 NAIA National Indoor Track & Field Championships, he set Milligan's indoor 5k standard in 14:44.53 during the national semifinals. His career best 8k and 5k marks remain among the time tops in program history.